I understand your concerns. I went back and forth myself. I like that 70’s ‘thwack’ snare sound. It’s a brush rather than a stick. Maybe I should back it off a bit. Any thoughts?

Backing if off may do the trick, but also to my ears it sounds like that snare almost has a specific note to it. But I’m not sure, if I’m just imagining that. It would be interesting to hear what it sounds like further back in the mix.

Also, some of the snare fills seem to be done by a different snare sound, which is a small thing, but noticeable to the overly critical listener, because the rest of the production is so slick and smooth. :-)

I’m not sure if both snare sounds are deeply buried in their own loops or if you could make them the same. Just curious: is the drum track from raw loops or from a plugin?

It’s a plugin. Groove agent (an earlier version). I have the new version (3) which alters the velocity better and gives a more real feel to it. I’ll try that. Would love your feedback. Thanks.

With GA (any version) you can change the snare sound in any number of ways, including the basic wav sound sample as well as volume, velocity, pitch, decay. So you don’t have to re-do the entire drum track - just experiment with the snare. Let me know when you want me to listen again.